KCC 'mistake' remains

Although Kildare County Council has admitted that an element in the Manager's Budget Report early in the year which says the town has a manual street cleaning service six days a week was a 'mistake', the claim is still made in the 'Budget 2007' document which has recently been placed on the Council's website as a 'new item'.

Kilcullen hasn't had a daily street cleaning service since the retirement of the late Paddy Mitchell, and the Council has stubbornly refused to replace him.

In the 'latest' document, Kilcullen gets a 'Large Sweeper' visit once a week, and has no litter collection service.

Because of the absence of a proper litter collection service, Kilcullen Tidy Towns Committee has this year as a protest dropped its Monday night voluntary litter-picking work and instead has undertaken a poster campaign aimed at persuading local people not to drop litter.

Brian Byrne.